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Charlie is fifteen (and a half). She's in her last year at school. She just knows it's going to be a fantastic year. OK, her dad says she's growing up too fast, but what do dads know? Charlie can look after herself. She can. Until she gets pregnant after a party. That changes things. Her life is ruined - and her parents will be furious. Should she keep the baby?Republished as a new edition, this book is one of the Shades 2.0 series. This book is perfect for reluctant teens who still want an exciting, unpatronising story that is relevant to their interests and concerns, but who don't want to read a longer novel. With a length of only 6,000 words, and filled with drama, this story will appeal to all reluctant teen readers.

Can Dex help Daz, a dump truck who is stuck in the mud? Find out in this low-level phonics reading book.Part of Reading Stars Phonics - our structured programme of 133 fully decodable phonics readers to support the teaching of phonics using the UK Government's Letters and Sounds programme - Dex the Digger is a Phase 4 'Blend-Max' book.It introduces more complex (CCVCC, CCCVC/CCCVCC) words and the high frequency words do, out and what, following Letters and Sounds Phase 4. As well as being available to buy individually, this title appears in the following discounted Reading Stars Phonics (RSP) Packs:Phase 4 Blend-Max Pack - one of every Phase 4 Blend-Max titlePhase 4 Blend-Max 6-Pack - six of every Phase 4 Blend-Max titleComplete Phase 4 Pack - one of every Phase 4 titleComplete Phase 4 6-Pack - six of every Phase 4 titleComplete RSP Pack (Phases 2-5) - one of every RSP title (Phases 2-5)Complete RSP 6-Pack (Phases 2-5) - six of every RSP title (Phases 2-5)Complete RSP Pack (Phases 1-5) - one of every RSP title (Phases 1-5)Complete RSP 6-Pack (Phases 1-5) - six of every RSP title (Phases 1-5) For more information on how our Reading Stars Phonics packs work, head here.For more information on the programme itself, head to our dedicated Reading Stars Phonics section.

Learn all about a family of foxes in this low-level phonics reading book.Part of Reading Stars Phonics - our structured programme of 133 fully decodable phonics readers to support the teaching of phonics using the UK Government's Letters and Sounds programme - Foxes is a Phase 5 'All-In' book..It covers all the letters, sounds and high frequency words found in Letters and Sounds Phase 5. As well as being available to buy individually, this title appears in the following discounted Reading Stars Phonics (RSP) Packs:Phase 5 All-In Pack - one of every Phase 5 All-In titlePhase 5 All-In 6-Pack - six of every Phase 5 All-In titleComplete Phase 5 Pack - one of every Phase 5 titleComplete Phase 5 6-Pack - six of every Phase 5 titleComplete RSP Pack (Phases 2-5) - one of every RSP title (Phases 2-5)Complete RSP 6-Pack (Phases 2-5) - six of every RSP title (Phases 2-5)Complete RSP Pack (Phases 1-5) - one of every RSP title (Phases 1-5)Complete RSP 6-Pack (Phases 1-5) - six of every RSP title (Phases 1-5) For more information on how our Reading Stars Phonics packs work, head here.For more information on the programme itself, head to our dedicated Reading Stars Phonics section.

Join a team of astronauts, from take-off to landing, on their mission to space in this low-level phonics reader.Part of Reading Stars Phonics - our structured programme of 133 fully decodable phonics readers to support the teaching of phonics using the UK Government's Letters and Sounds programme - Space Flight is a Phase 5 'All-In' book..It covers all the letters, sounds and high frequency words found in Letters and Sounds Phase 5. As well as being available to buy individually, this title appears in the following discounted Reading Stars Phonics (RSP) Packs:Phase 5 All-In Pack - one of every Phase 5 All-In titlePhase 5 All-In 6-Pack - six of every Phase 5 All-In titleComplete Phase 5 Pack - one of every Phase 5 titleComplete Phase 5 6-Pack - six of every Phase 5 titleComplete RSP Pack (Phases 2-5) - one of every RSP title (Phases 2-5)Complete RSP 6-Pack (Phases 2-5) - six of every RSP title (Phases 2-5)Complete RSP Pack (Phases 1-5) - one of every RSP title (Phases 1-5)Complete RSP 6-Pack (Phases 1-5) - six of every RSP title (Phases 1-5) For more information on how our Reading Stars Phonics packs work, head here.For more information on the programme itself, head to our dedicated Reading Stars Phonics section

Some pets live in cages, some pets live in tanks. Some pets live outside. Pets is a book-banded reading book for early readers, carefully levelled at Yellow Book Band for guided reading. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs, this 108-word non-fiction book is suitable for ages 5 - 6. Pets features a short, structured text with accessible vocabulary, has more variation in sentence structure with some repetition in patterns. Punctuation includes comma, full stops, exclamation and question marks, and direct speech.Pets is part of Ransom Reading Stars, a structured programme for children learning to read. The series has fifteen levels: four phonics levels and eleven book band levels (Pink through to Lime).

All you need to know about whales is in this engaging read. Find out about whales without teeth, whale talk and whale dangers. Whales is a book-banded reading book for developing readers, carefully levelled at Gold Book Band for guided reading. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs, this 626-word non-fiction book is suitable for ages 7 - 8. Whales features a longer, more demanding text with extended vocabulary and sentence structures. It has wider vocabulary and terminology and the story-line is sustained for longer. More than one point of view is expressed and illustrations no longer support the text.Whales is part of Ransom Reading Stars, a structured programme for children learning to read. The series has fifteen levels: four phonics levels and eleven book band levels (Pink through to Lime).

Things start to go missing at school and Grace decides to find the thief.This book is part of the Breakouts series. It is perfect for readers who have gained a bit more confidence in reading and who are after a more challenging read, but who aren't yet ready for longer, more demanding reads.

When Jess sees the old Town Hall on fire, she takes some photographs. But when she looks at them, she sees a woman standing on the roof of the burning building. Is this a photographic trick or something more sinister?This book is part of the Breakouts series. It is perfect for readers who have gained a bit more confidence in reading and who are after a more challenging read, but who aren't yet ready for longer, more demanding reads.

The Breakouts pack contains eight titles , with stories ranging from shark attacks on an Australian beach, peril in the Himalayas, witches, ghosts and dystopian futures.These are strong modern, adventurous stories for both boys and girls. The titles in Ransom's Breakouts series offer a challenging read in terms of ideas and vocabulary but in a style and length that make them easier to read. These books are perfect for readers who have gained a bit more confidence in reading and who are after a more challenging read in terms of ideas and vocabulary but who aren't yet ready for longer, more demanding reads. Authors include popular writers including John Townsend, Fanie Viljoen, Jill Aitkins, Mary Chapman and Edwina Shaw.

The Microwave Shakespeare Pack is a collection of nine books providing introductions to key Shakespeare plays. The plays covered include all the key plays studied in schools for GCSE and together form a great introduction and revision aid when studying Shakespeare's plays. These books are perfect as an introduction before studying the play, for revision purposes and for reluctant and struggling readers. Each play is retold as a straightforward, pacey narrative in chapter-book format. The books use the present tense and lots of dialogue (in present-day English) to recreate the experience of actually watching the play. The texts follow the original plays faithfully so students can acquire an accurate understanding of the action and plot. Memorable quotations from the original text (in italics) make these books perfect for exam crammers! Plus each book includes visual information to help pupils get to grips with the plot, the key characters and their important relationships in the play. The stories are all presented in the period of the play but with modern day language. Written by three award winning writers Barbara Catchpole, Stephen Rickard and Jill Atkins, these are really accessible books. They are perfect for getting all pupils, whatever their ability, comfortable with each play before they go on to study it in its original form and a great all round introduction to Shakespeare.This pack contains one copy of each of the following books from the Microwave Shakespeare Series:Romeo and JulietMacbethA Midsummer Night's DreamThe Merchant of VeniceTwelfth NightMuch Ado About NothingThe TempestJulius CaesarHamlet

Ella is mourning her dead mother and has moved away from her family home after her widowed father decides to marry Sonia, her mother's one-time friend. Ella is now working as a cleaner and is miserably unhappy when on day she helps an old lady after a fall. Could this harmless old woman actually be her fairy godmother?A Brightness out of the Blue is a beautiful modern-day fairytale with a twist in the tale.

Dan has a laptop. But his laptop has a bug. Can anyone help Dan? Go to the Laptop Man is a low level phonics reading book. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this 220-word fiction story features a fully decodable text, suitable for struggling teen and adult readers.Go to the Laptop Man uses a carefully limited set of letters and sounds to make up all the words. (For UK schools this relates to Phase 2 of Letters and Sounds, the UK Government's synthetic phonics reading programme.)Go to the Laptop Man is part of Ransom's Neutron Stars, a structured reading programme for teens and adults learning the basics of reading. The series offers progression through ten levels of reading, four phonics and six coloured book bands.More information on the structure of the scheme can be found here.

Gus and his dog are going for a walk. They cannot go without a tin of ham and a can of pop in their back pack! Gus and the Tin of Ham is a low level phonics reading book. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this 163-word fiction story features a fully decodable text, suitable for struggling teen and adult readers.Gus and the Tin of Ham uses a carefully limited set of letters and sounds to make up all the words. (For UK schools this relates to Phase 2 of Letters and Sounds, the UK Government's synthetic phonics reading programme.)Gus and the Tin of Ham is part of Ransom's Neutron Stars, a structured reading programme for teens and adults learning the basics of reading. The series offers progression through ten levels of reading, four phonics and six coloured book bands.More information on the structure of the scheme can be found here.

The Police arrest Dan. They say he will be charged for G B H. Will the truth come out in time? G B H is a low level phonics reading book. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this fiction story features a fully decodable text, suitable for struggling teen and adult readers.G B H uses a carefully limited set of letters and sounds to make up all the words. (For UK schools this relates to Phase 4 of Letters and Sounds, the UK Government's synthetic phonics reading programme.)G B H is part of Ransom's Neutron Stars, a structured reading programme for teens and adults learning the basics of reading. The series offers progression through ten levels of reading, four phonics and six coloured book bands.More information on the structure of the scheme can be found here.

Learn about an illness in the brain that can make you forget. Gaps in the Brain is a low level phonics reading book. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this non-fiction title features a fully decodable text, suitable for struggling teen and adult readers.Gaps in the Brain uses a carefully limited set of letters and sounds to make up all the words. (For UK schools this relates to Phase 5 of Letters and Sounds, the UK Government's synthetic phonics reading programme.)Gaps in the Brain is part of Ransom's Neutron Stars, a structured reading programme for teens and adults learning the basics of reading. The series offers progression through ten levels of reading, four phonics and six coloured book bands.More information on the structure of the scheme can be found here.

To power our homes we need New Kinds of Energy. Learn about how coal and gas can be replaced by the wind and waves. New Kinds of Energy is a low level phonics reading book. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs, this non-fiction title features a fully decodable text, suitable for struggling teen and adult readers.New Kinds of Energy uses a carefully limited set of letters and sounds to make up all the words. (For UK schools this relates to Phase 5 of Letters and Sounds, the UK Government's synthetic phonics reading programme.)New Kinds of Energy is part of Ransom's Neutron Stars, a structured reading programme for teens and adults learning the basics of reading. The series offers progression through ten levels of reading, four phonics and six coloured book bands.

Will you get a buzz from running? Will you get a buzz from jumping? How will you get the Buzz? The Buzz! is a low level phonics reading book. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this 243-word recount features a fully decodable text, suitable for ages 9 - 13. The Buzz! covers the second set of basic letters and sounds that students meet in Phase 3 of Letters and Sounds, the UK Government's synthetic phonics reading programme. The Buzz! is part of Ransom Reading Stars Plus, a structured reading programme for students learning to read. The series has ten levels: four phonics levels (covering Letters and Sounds Phases 2 to 5) and six book bands (Pink through to Orange).

A new robot to tidy your room is great. What could go wrong? Stan is Rubbish! is a low level phonics reading book. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this fiction story features a fully decodable text, suitable for ages 9 - 13. Stan is Rubbish! covers the third set of basic letters and sounds that students meet in Phase 4 of Letters and Sounds, the UK Government's synthetic phonics reading programme. Stan is Rubbish! is part of Ransom Reading Stars Plus, a structured reading programme for students learning to read. The series has ten levels: four phonics levels (covering Letters and Sounds Phases 2 to 5) and six book bands (Pink through to Orange).

The game of cricket is awesome. But how do you play? Cricket is a book-banded reading book for developing readers, carefully levelled at Red Book Band for guided reading. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs, this 112-word nonfiction title is suitable for ages 9-13. Cricket features a short, highly structured text with limited vocabulary, slightly longer, predictable texts, short and clear sentences, and simple story development. It has clear text, appropriate fonts and obvious spacing. Cricket is part of Ransom Reading Stars Plus, a structured programme for students learning to read. The series has ten levels: four phonics levels and six book band levels (Pink through to Orange).

Helicopters fly over your head every day. Every Helicopter is different and has a job to do. Do you know about them? Helicopters is a book-banded reading book for developing readers, carefully levelled at Blue Book Band for guided reading. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photographs, this nonfiction title is suitable for ages 9-13.Helicopters features a longer, less structured text with a more flexible vocabulary. There is variation in sentence patterns and content, little repetition, and longer language patterns. It has a full range of punctuation.Helicopters is part of Ransom Reading Stars Plus, a structured programme for students learning to read. The series has ten levels: four phonics levels and six book band levels (Pink through to Orange).

Julius Caesar is one of a series of introductions to Shakespeare's key plays.It is perfect as an introduction before studying the play, for revision purposes and for reluctant and struggling readers. The play is retold as a straightforward, pacey narrative in chapter-book format. The book use the present tense and lots of dialogue (in present-day English) to recreate the experience of actually watching the play. The text follow the original plays faithfully so students can acquire an accurate understanding of the action and plot. Memorable quotations from the original text (in italics) make this book perfect for exam crammers! Plus each book includes visual information to help pupils get to grips with the plot, the key characters and their important relationships in the play. The stories are all presented in the period of the play but with modern day language. Written by award winning writer Jill Atkins these are really accessible books. They are perfect for getting all pupils, whatever their ability, comfortable with each play before they go on to study it in its original form and a great all round introduction to Shakespeare.

Find out what Dan has in his tin in this low-level phonics reading book.Part of Reading Stars Phonics - our structured programme of 133 fully decodable phonics readers to support the teaching of phonics using the UK Government's Letters and Sounds programme - In the Tin is a Phase 2 'Focus' book..It covers everything met in Phase 2 of Letters and Sounds, but provides extra focus on the following letters, sounds and high frequency words introduced in this Phase:isitinan As well as being available to buy individually, this title appears in the following discounted Reading Stars Phonics (RSP) Packs:Phase 2 Focus Pack - one of every Phase 2 Focus titlePhase 2 Focus 6-Pack - six of every Phase 2 Focus titleComplete Phase 2 Pack - one of every Phase 2 titleComplete Phase 2 6-Pack - six of every Phase 2 titleComplete RSP Pack (Phases 2-5) - one of every RSP title (Phases 2-5)Complete RSP 6-Pack (Phases 2-5) - six of every RSP title (Phases 2-5)Complete RSP Pack (Phases 1-5) - one of every RSP title (Phases 1-5)Complete RSP 6-Pack (Phases 1-5) - six of every RSP title (Phases 1-5) For more information on how our Reading Stars Phonics packs work, head here.For more information on the programme itself, head to our dedicated Reading Stars Phonics section.

Bob the dog has lost his hat! Find out what he will do to get it back in this low-level phonics reading book.Part of Reading Stars Phonics - our structured programme of 133 fully decodable phonics readers to support the teaching of phonics using the UK Government's Letters and Sounds programme - Bob's Big Hat is a Phase 2 'Focus' book.It covers everything met in Phase 2 of Letters and Sounds, but provides extra focus on the following letters, sounds and high frequency words introduced in this Phase:hbfff As well as being available to buy individually, this title appears in the following discounted Reading Stars Phonics (RSP) Packs:Phase 2 Focus Pack - one of every Phase 2 Focus titlePhase 2 Focus 6-Pack - six of every Phase 2 Focus titleComplete Phase 2 Pack - one of every Phase 2 titleComplete Phase 2 6-Pack - six of every Phase 2 titleComplete RSP Pack (Phases 2-5) - one of every RSP title (Phases 2-5)Complete RSP 6-Pack (Phases 2-5) - six of every RSP title (Phases 2-5)Complete RSP Pack (Phases 1-5) - one of every RSP title (Phases 1-5)Complete RSP 6-Pack (Phases 1-5) - six of every RSP title (Phases 1-5) For more information on how our Reading Stars Phonics packs work, head here.For more information on the programme itself, head to our dedicated Reading Stars Phonics section.

What happens when a fox catches a bad bug? Find out in this low-level phonics reading book.Part of Reading Stars Phonics - our structured programme of 133 fully decodable phonics readers to support the teaching of phonics using the UK Government's Letters and Sounds programme - The Bad Bug is a Phase 3 'Build' book.It introduces the Set 6 letters and sounds (j, w, v, x) and only uses the following letters, sounds and high frequency words from Letters and Sounds Phase 3:Set 6: j, w, v, xSet 7: y, z, zz, quhe, she As well as being available to buy individually, this title appears in the following discounted Reading Stars Phonics (RSP) Packs:Phase 3 Build Pack - one of every Phase 3 Build titlePhase 3 Build 6-Pack - six of every Phase 3 Build titleComplete Phase 3 Pack - one of every Phase 3 titleComplete Phase 3 6-Pack - six of every Phase 3 titleComplete RSP Pack (Phases 2-5) - one of every RSP title (Phases 2-5)Complete RSP 6-Pack (Phases 2-5) - six of every RSP title (Phases 2-5)Complete RSP Pack (Phases 1-5) - one of every RSP title (Phases 1-5)Complete RSP 6-Pack (Phases 1-5) - six of every RSP title (Phases 1-5) For more information on how our Reading Stars Phonics packs work, head here.For more information on the programme itself, head to our dedicated Reading Stars Phonics section.

Did Gosh the goat have anything to do with Beth's long red coat going missing? Find out in this low-level phonics reading book.Part of Reading Stars Phonics - our structured programme of 133 fully decodable phonics readers to support the teaching of phonics using the UK Government's Letters and Sounds programme - The Long Red Coat is a Phase 3 'Build' book.It introduces the Set 6 letters and sounds (j, w, v, x) and only uses the following letters, sounds and high frequency words from Letters and Sounds Phase 3:Set 6: j, w, v, xSet 7: y, z, zz, quSet 8: ch, sh, th, ngSet 10: igh, oawas As well as being available to buy individually, this title appears in the following discounted Reading Stars Phonics (RSP) Packs:Phase 3 Build Pack - one of every Phase 3 Build titlePhase 3 Build 6-Pack - six of every Phase 3 Build titleComplete Phase 3 Pack - one of every Phase 3 titleComplete Phase 3 6-Pack - six of every Phase 3 titleComplete RSP Pack (Phases 2-5) - one of every RSP title (Phases 2-5)Complete RSP 6-Pack (Phases 2-5) - six of every RSP title (Phases 2-5)Complete RSP Pack (Phases 1-5) - one of every RSP title (Phases 1-5)Complete RSP 6-Pack (Phases 1-5) - six of every RSP title (Phases 1-5) For more information on how our Reading Stars Phonics packs work, head here.For more information on the programme itself, head to our dedicated Reading Stars Phonics section.

Which car belongs to Dad? Find out in this low-level phonics reading book.Part of Reading Stars Phonics - our structured programme of 133 fully decodable phonics readers to support the teaching of phonics using the UK Government's Letters and Sounds programme - Not My Car to the Moon is a Phase 3 'Build' book.It introduces the Set 6 letters and sounds (j, w, v, x) and only uses the following letters, sounds and high frequency words from Letters and Sounds Phase 3:Set 6: j, w, v, xSet 7: y, z, zz, quSet 8: ch, sh, th, ngSet 12: ng, army As well as being available to buy individually, this title appears in the following discounted Reading Stars Phonics (RSP) Packs:Phase 3 Build Pack - one of every Phase 3 Build titlePhase 3 Build 6-Pack - six of every Phase 3 Build titleComplete Phase 3 Pack - one of every Phase 3 titleComplete Phase 3 6-Pack - six of every Phase 3 titleComplete RSP Pack (Phases 2-5) - one of every RSP title (Phases 2-5)Complete RSP 6-Pack (Phases 2-5) - six of every RSP title (Phases 2-5)Complete RSP Pack (Phases 1-5) - one of every RSP title (Phases 1-5)Complete RSP 6-Pack (Phases 1-5) - six of every RSP title (Phases 1-5) For more information on how our Reading Stars Phonics packs work, head here.For more information on the programme itself, head to our dedicated Reading Stars Phonics section.

Meet Buzz and Helen - two people with no fear about going to space - in this low-level phonics reading book.Part of Reading Stars Phonics - our structured programme of 133 fully decodable phonics readers to support the teaching of phonics using the UK Government's Letters and Sounds programme - No Fear is a Phase 3 'Build' book.It introduces the Set 6 letters and sounds (j, w, v, x) and only uses the following letters, sounds and high frequency words from Letters and Sounds Phase 3:Set 6: j, w, v, xSet 7: y, z, zz, quSet 8: ch, sh, th, ngSet 15: ear, airthey As well as being available to buy individually, this title appears in the following discounted Reading Stars Phonics (RSP) Packs:Phase 3 Build Pack - one of every Phase 3 Build titlePhase 3 Build 6-Pack - six of every Phase 3 Build titleComplete Phase 3 Pack - one of every Phase 3 titleComplete Phase 3 6-Pack - six of every Phase 3 titleComplete RSP Pack (Phases 2-5) - one of every RSP title (Phases 2-5)Complete RSP 6-Pack (Phases 2-5) - six of every RSP title (Phases 2-5)Complete RSP Pack (Phases 1-5) - one of every RSP title (Phases 1-5)Complete RSP 6-Pack (Phases 1-5) - six of every RSP title (Phases 1-5) For more information on how our Reading Stars Phonics packs work, head here.For more information on the programme itself, head to our dedicated Reading Stars Phonics section.

Learn all about nocturnal animals that hunt for food at night in this low-level phonics reading book.Part of Reading Stars Phonics - our structured programme of 133 fully decodable phonics readers to support the teaching of phonics using the UK Government's Letters and Sounds programme - Feeding at Night is a Phase 3 'All-In' book.It covers all the letters, sounds and high frequency words introduced in Letters and Sounds Phase 3. As well as being available to buy individually, this title appears in the following discounted Reading Stars Phonics (RSP) Packs:Phase 3 All-In Pack - one of every Phase 3 All-In titlePhase 3 All-In 6-Pack - six of every Phase 3 All-In titleComplete Phase 3 Pack - one of every Phase 3 titleComplete Phase 3 6-Pack - six of every Phase 3 titleComplete RSP Pack (Phases 2-5) - one of every RSP title (Phases 2-5)Complete RSP 6-Pack (Phases 2-5) - six of every RSP title (Phases 2-5)Complete RSP Pack (Phases 1-5) - one of every RSP title (Phases 1-5)Complete RSP 6-Pack (Phases 1-5) - six of every RSP title (Phases 1-5) For more information on how our Reading Stars Phonics packs work, head here.For more information on the programme itself, head to our dedicated Reading Stars Phonics section.

Can King Quentin find the queen's special silver quoit? Find out in this low-level phonics reading book.Part of Reading Stars Phonics - our structured programme of 133 fully decodable phonics readers to support the teaching of phonics using the UK Government's Letters and Sounds programme - The Queen's Quoit is a Phase 3 'Focus' book.It covers everything met in Phase 3 of Letters and Sounds, but provides extra focus on the following letters, sounds and high frequency words introduced in this Phase:qu As well as being available to buy individually, this title appears in the following discounted Reading Stars Phonics (RSP) Packs:Phase 3 Focus - one of every Phase 3 Focus titlePhase 3 Focus 6-Pack - six of every Phase 3 Focus titleComplete Phase 3 Pack - one of every Phase 3 titleComplete Phase 3 6-Pack - six of every Phase 3 titleComplete RSP Pack (Phases 2-5) - one of every RSP title (Phases 2-5)Complete RSP 6-Pack (Phases 2-5) - six of every RSP title (Phases 2-5)Complete RSP Pack (Phases 1-5) - one of every RSP title (Phases 1-5)Complete RSP 6-Pack (Phases 1-5) - six of every RSP title (Phases 1-5) For more information on how our Reading Stars Phonics packs work, head here.For more information on the programme itself, head to our dedicated Reading Stars Phonics section.